An ode to Chris Pratt’s genius on ‘Parks and Recreation’

Welcome to Chris-mas in July, a week-long celebration of our four favorite Hollywood Chrises. We’ll be analyzing old movies, digging deep into past roles, and exploring everything there is to know about Evans, Hemsworth, Pine and Pratt. We hope this totally made up holiday makes you smile. 

Back before he was a Big Hollywood Chris™ (I mean, he was still “Chris” but he wasn’t a Chris), Chris Pratt was a small screen darling with major roles on Everwood and The O.C. before stealing our hearts as Andy Dwyer on Parks and Recreation.

Parks and Rec ran from 2009 to 2015, with the final seasons coinciding with Pratt’s rise to blockbuster movie star in Guardians of the Galaxy (and later in 2015, Jurassic World). In honor of Chris-mas, we look back at what made Andy so gosh-darn likable and why he remains Pratt’s best role to date. Read more…

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